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Palnackie Harbour View looking ENE showing NW facing quay

SC 449972

Description Palnackie Harbour View looking ENE showing NW facing quay

Date 28/8/1978

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 449972

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Palnackie Harbour, Kirkcudbrightshire This is a small harbour off the river Urr, close to its mouth. Because the site was muddy, the quay walls are made of vertical wooden piles, with planking behind to retain the mud, a technique used in medieval times. This view is taken from the end of the harbour, showing the construction south quay. Note the silt in the basin, brought down the river. Palnackie was an important centre for the Solway Firth coasting trade when it was carried on in small sailing vessels, which it was until about 1900. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H74/227/2

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/449972

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 147) Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

> Item Level (SC 449972) Palnackie Harbour View looking ENE showing NW facing quay

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